Sinister Street (film)
Encyclopedia
Sinister Street is a 1922 British
silent
drama film
directed by George Beranger
and starring John Stuart
, Amy Verity and Maudie Dunham
. It was adapted from the novel Sinister Street
by Compton MacKenzie
.
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
silent
Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by George Beranger
George Beranger
Georges Augustus Alexandre Roger de L'ile de Beranger , born George Augustus Beringer, was the seventh child of Adam Beringer and Caroline Mondientz. He was an Australian actor and film director. He played Shakespearean roles at the age of sixteen and left Australia in 1912 and began film work in...
and starring John Stuart
John Stuart (actor)
John Stuart, born John Alfred Louden Croall , was a Scottish actor, and a very popular leading man in British silent films in the 1920s. He appeared in two films directed by Alfred Hitchcock....
, Amy Verity and Maudie Dunham
Maudie Dunham
-Cast:* The Winning Goal * The Ugly Duckling * Love in the Wilderness * A Temporary Gentleman * All the Winners * The Magistrate * Mr. Pim Passes by * Sinister Street...
. It was adapted from the novel Sinister Street
Sinister Street
Sinister Street is a 1913-14 novel by Compton Mackenzie. It is a kind of bildungsroman or novel about growing up, and concerns two children, Michael Fane and his sister Stella...
by Compton MacKenzie
Compton Mackenzie
Sir Compton Mackenzie, OBE was a writer and a Scottish nationalist.-Background:Compton Mackenzie was born in West Hartlepool, England, into a theatrical family of Mackenzies, but many of whose members used Compton as their stage surname, starting with his grandfather Henry Compton, a well-known...
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Cast
- John StuartJohn Stuart (actor)John Stuart, born John Alfred Louden Croall , was a Scottish actor, and a very popular leading man in British silent films in the 1920s. He appeared in two films directed by Alfred Hitchcock....
as Michael Fane - Amy Verity as Stella Fane
- Maudie DunhamMaudie Dunham-Cast:* The Winning Goal * The Ugly Duckling * Love in the Wilderness * A Temporary Gentleman * All the Winners * The Magistrate * Mr. Pim Passes by * Sinister Street...
as Lily Haden - Molly AdairMolly AdairMolly Adair was a British stage and screen actress. She was the mother of the actress Jill Adams.-Selected filmography:* Stella * Sinister Street * Married to a Mormon * The Blue Lagoon...
as Sylvia Scarlett - Charles Tilson-ChowneCharles Tilson-Chowne-Selected filmography:*The Four Just Men *A Dear Fool *The Loudwater Mystery *In Full Cry *Sinister Street...
as Lord Saxby - Roger TrévilleRoger Tréville-Selected filmography:* The Rotters * Married Life * Sinister Street * The Green Glove * The Happy Road * Ponzio Pilato * How to Steal a Million...
as George Ayliff - Kate Carew as Mrs. Fane
- A.G. Poulton
- Wilfred Fletcher
- John Reid
- Kathleen Blake
- Marjorie Day